Dog Dies in Cargo Hold on AC ZIP - Carbon Monoxide? Owners Devastated
Feb 4, 2004, 6:50 am
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Dog Dies in Cargo Hold on AC ZIP - Carbon Monoxide? Owners Devastated
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Winnip...04/335084.html
Pooch dies on airplane
Couple bereft after pet brought out of cargo hold dead
By KATIE CHALMERS, STAFF REPORTER
An Ontario doctor says his healthy five-year-old dog died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the cargo hold of an Air Canada subsidiary flight to Winnipeg earlier this month. Darren Jakubec and his wife, Beth, took a Jan 4. ZIP flight from Smithers, B.C., to Winnipeg while en route to Ontario. Their Labrador-cross, Sila, was in her kennel in the baggage compartment of the plane.
Pooch dies on airplane
Couple bereft after pet brought out of cargo hold dead
By KATIE CHALMERS, STAFF REPORTER
An Ontario doctor says his healthy five-year-old dog died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the cargo hold of an Air Canada subsidiary flight to Winnipeg earlier this month. Darren Jakubec and his wife, Beth, took a Jan 4. ZIP flight from Smithers, B.C., to Winnipeg while en route to Ontario. Their Labrador-cross, Sila, was in her kennel in the baggage compartment of the plane.
Feb 4, 2004, 9:07 am
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Typically, there was also this sentence:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> The Jakubecs have hired a lawyer to sue for expenses and lost income stemming from the ordeal.</font>
Feb 4, 2004, 9:14 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by xyzzy:
Typically, there was also this sentence:
Typically, there was also this sentence:
The Jakubecs have hired a lawyer to sue for expenses and lost income stemming from the ordeal.</font>
Still and all, it sounds a little bit too much like a SNL skit to deliver the dog in its defunct state to the owners. "Sorry, sir, we thought it was having a catnap."
Feb 4, 2004, 11:11 pm
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I'm confused, although I don't know Air Canada's specific rules about carrying animals. When animals are carried in cargo pits it is usually safe (temperature etc) but there are definite embargoes during winter and summer months. I mean, the dead of winter flying in Canada ??? Somehow I get the feeling this was weather (temperature) related and not carbon monoxide.
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This is very sad but as someone who as flown with show dogs nation wide,this is more common then you may expect.There are many risks involved in transporting live animals,the airlines have done a much better job in recent years,but I can tell you of many horror stories of traveling with a dog.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Fredd:
Still and all, it sounds a little bit too much like a SNL skit to deliver the dog in its defunct state to the owners. "Sorry, sir, we thought it was having a catnap." </font>
Still and all, it sounds a little bit too much like a SNL skit to deliver the dog in its defunct state to the owners. "Sorry, sir, we thought it was having a catnap." </font>
[I also wonder about what happened to the owners of all the walkers, strollers, wheelchairs left there.]